The GnATTERbox

For discussion of the issues faced when building a model or layout - how to replicate wood, what glues to use, exactly how much weathering can a Gnat take, a good source of detailing accessories - you get the picture, I'm sure.

Marvellous Bill - utterly charming. Perhaps not the phrase you should use about an industrial complex - but the model and rendering of all those "little nothing" details - utterly charming.

As Steve said! - please do keep adding all the detritus and flotsam found in these sort of places, go for warmth and character, sunshine and lazy days. Some purists will say that real life isn't like that, and I say thats why I like to see it!!!!

A close-up front view, showing that Azzi has caught the terrible smoking habit from his Ekerslyke relatives.

later, Forrest Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. -- Nikola Tesla, July, 1934

Oh my gosh, Bilco's gone and used it for his avatar Guess I should be flattered rather than embarrassed?

later, Forrest Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. -- Nikola Tesla, July, 1934

Hi Christian - the oil-cans, tool box and dustbin are from Steve's range. The long thin piece of pipe is the plastic stem from a cotton bud, and the other rusty bits are left-over Jubilee sleepers from the tipping dock, and a bit of gash tubing, heavily rusted. The hose/cable is a length of solder, with little washers stuck on the ends.

Hi JackBlack - As Chris says, the answers to your questions are on page 1 of this thread, including prototype picture. All you need to build one is an Underground Ernie Inspection Car and a warped mind